Senior HAMR Media Characterization Engineer

Seagate Technology

Fremont (CA)

On-site

USD 128,000 - 183,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance
Parental leave
Paid time off
Sick time
Flex time
401(k)

Job summary

Seagate Technology seeks an Advanced Media Characterization Senior Engineer in Fremont, CA to advance magnetic, optical, and thermal characterization for HAMR recording. You will work with PPMS, MOKE, and spin-stand methods, develop new metrology tools, and apply data analytics and AI to align experiments with modeling results.

The role emphasizes innovative design, cross-team collaboration, and hardware/software integration to push ferroelectric and magnetic media performance in next-gen

Qualifications

  • Strong background in magnetism or ferroelectric materials.
  • Hands-on with high-field magnetic, electrical, optical and thermal measurements.
  • Proficient programming skills in Python, LabVIEW, Visual Basic, and C.
  • Experience in comparing modeling with experimental results.
  • Design and integrate novel metrology instruments.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and improve magnetic characterization and spin-stand testing.
  • Apply AI/data analytics to compare measurements with simulations.
  • Enhance metrology capabilities for ferroelectric media testing.
  • Support hardware and software upgrades for spin-stand testers.
  • Integrate testing instruments with data acquisition for HAMR media research.
  • Collaborate across teams to advance recording physics directions.

Skills

Magnetic characterization
Electrical measurement
Analytical
Data analysis
Python
LabVIEW
C
Visual Basic

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering
Master's degree in engineering
PhD

Tools

PPMS
MOKE
PFM imaging
Python
LabVIEW
C

Job description

Seagate Technology seeks an Advanced Media Characterization Senior Engineer in Fremont, CA to advance magnetic, optical, and thermal characterization for HAMR recording. You will work with PPMS, MOKE, and spin-stand methods, develop new metrology tools, and apply data analytics and AI to align experiments with modeling results.

The role emphasizes innovative design, cross-team collaboration, and hardware/software integration to push ferroelectric and magnetic media performance in next-gen

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